Democrats who want to oust President Donald Trump and Republicans battling to save him are braced for the most momentous phase yet in the battle of impeachment that is rocking Washington. The showdown that could result in Trump becoming only the third US president to suffer such a fate will resume in the House Intelligence…… MORE
Please pass the turkey but hold the politics. Mattel’s limited-edition Nonpartisan Uno deck is out just in time to keep Thanksgiving dinner politics-free. The new version removes the red and blue cards — which could be seen as politically charged — and introduces a new VETO card to help families everywhere keep the peace. On…… MORE
South Dakota launched a new campaign Monday to battle the meth crisis that Gov. Kristi Noem says is “growing at an alarming rate.” The tagline for the campaign: “I’m on meth.” “What it’s talking about is that each one of us, no matter who we are, that we’re on the case of meth,” Noem said…… MORE
An investigation into the handling of funds at Charleston’s historically black Mother Emanuel AME Church found no evidence of wrongdoing, investigators said. The church was the site of a 2015 massacre by a white supremacist who killed nine African-Americans during Bible study. In the aftermath of the killings, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church received millions…… MORE
This was originally published as the November 19 edition of CNN’s Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. Does it deliver a hefty domestic political payoff, reverse an Obama administration position, upturn international law and irritate the European Union? If so,…… MORE
A muddled view of US-China trade talks once again seems to be weighing on investors. The major Asian market indexes were mixed in early trading Tuesday after CNBC reported that the mood in Beijing was pessimistic. The news organization, citing an anonymous government source, reported that President Donald Trump’s reluctance to roll back tariffs was…… MORE
The Trump administration’s reversal of decades of US foreign policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been in the works for a year, says a US official, but the timing couldn’t have been better for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has banked on his relationship with the US President to carry him to…… MORE
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that “clearly asking for personal favors and using United States assets as collateral is wrong,” a swipe at President Donald Trump as the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine intensifies. PBS Newshour’s Judy Woodruff asked Tillerson at an event in Texas what he would have done if…… MORE
Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy for Ukraine who was the first witness to testify in the House impeachment inquiry, remains a key figure in Democrats’ Ukraine probe as he prepares to testify publicly Tuesday. Volker’s public testimony will mark a notable moment in the inquiry even amid a crowded deposition slate, given his…… MORE
Nine new witnesses in the impeachment inquiry are scheduled to give public testimony in the coming days, the second week of highly anticipated open hearings. Four new witnesses will testify Tuesday: Jennifer Williams, a policy aide to Vice President Mike Pence; Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an official from the White House’s National Security Council who…… MORE
